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Chief Rabbi condemns Starmer at hostage rally where Progressive rabbis were booed off stage

Relatives of victims of October 7 spoke at the march to Downing Street

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August 10, 2025 22:30

LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 10: Rev Sir Ephraim Mirvis, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth is seen with hostage families and supporters during a march to Downing Street on August 10, 2025 in London, England. Family members of hostages still held captive by Hamas in Gaza are marching alongside Jewish organizations and supporters to call on the UK government to defer plans to recognize a Palestinian state until all hostages have been released. Around 50 hostages remain in Gaza, of whom, fewer than half are believed to be alive. Last month, Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged that Britain would recognize a Palestinian state by September, unless Israel agrees to several conditions, including steps taken towards a ceasefire and ending suffering in Gaza. (Photo by Belinda Jiao/Getty Images)

Netanyahu’s Gaza options are limited but the biggest constraints are self-inflicted

Attacked by left and right, the prime minister’s plans to seize the Strip’s capital risks deepening the Jewish state’s isolation. The failure to outline a coherent “day after” plan is a huge mistake

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August 10, 2025 14:41

Protesters gather in a demonstration organised by the families of the Israeli hostages taken captive in the Gaza Strip since the October 2023 calling for action to secure their release outside the Defence Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv on August 9, 2025. (Image: Getty)

Palestinian Authority

Ben-Gvir urges Netanyahu to bring about PA collapse following its alleged UN recognition plans

Israel's national security minister was responding to a report that Mahmoud Abbas may renew his attempts to transform the PA into a state

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August 10, 2025 11:53

Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas attends the opening of the Istishsari cancer centre in Ramallah on May 14, 2025. (Photo by Zain JAAFAR / AFP) (Photo by ZAIN JAAFAR/AFP via Getty Images)

Palestine Action

Met Police arrest 466 people at Palestine Action rally of 500-600 attendees

The police said it was the most arrests made related to a single operation in at least the past 10 years and denied organisers’ claim that they only arrested a fraction of those who broke the law

2 min read

August 10, 2025 11:37

Police officers remonstrate with protestors at a "Lift The Ban" demonstration in support of the proscribed group Palestine Action (Credit: HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel

Gantz and Rubio criticise UK, Western moves they say hurt hostage talks

Blue and White leader Benny Gantz and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio have accused the UK, France and other allies of undermining the prospects for a ceasefire

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August 10, 2025 11:31

Blue and White leader Benny Gantz (Image: Getty)

Steve Witkoff

Witkoff meets Qatar PM in intensified push for diplomatic solution as Israel weighs Gaza City takeover

Tens of thousands of Israelis have protested the takeover plan in recent days, with Netanyahu’s own national security advisor also reportedly opposed

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August 10, 2025 11:16

U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff (Credit: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Edinburgh Fringe

Niusia review: A granddaughter’s heartfelt exploration of Holocaust legacy ★★★

Beth Paterson deals with Jewish identity and the generational impact of trauma in her one-woman show at this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival

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August 8, 2025 17:28

Niusia review: A granddaughter’s heartfelt exploration of Holocaust legacy ★★★

Germany

Germany halts some arms exports to Israel over Gaza City occupation plan

Jerusalem’s decision to step up military operations makes it difficult for Germany to pursue its foreign policy priorities, Chancellor Merz said

2 min read

August 8, 2025 17:01

German chancellor Friedrich Merz has condemned Israel's latest offensive in Gaza as 'no longer justified' (Image: Getty)

United Nations

US terror victims sue Unrwa over alleged Hamas links

The claim follows a Supreme Court ruling which allowed US citizens to bring civil claims against international orgnisations accused of supporting terrorism

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August 8, 2025 16:20

Unrwa has been sued in US federal court over allegations of links with Hamas (Image: Getty)

Israel

Budget airline Wizz Air resumes UK flights to Israel

The announcement came as Ben-Gurion Airport saw its busiest day since October 7, 2023

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August 8, 2025 15:57

Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air has confirmed it will resume flights to Israel in the coming weeks (Image: Getty)

Palestinian statehood

Palestine recognition ‘shows Hamas that killing people pays off’

‘The entire world order is in danger,’ says the chair of Estonia’s foreign affairs committee, who warned against rewarding Hamas with statehood

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August 8, 2025 15:25

While recognising the plight of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, Marko Mihkelson warns that Hamas could view the recent actions of Western democracies - including France, the UK and Canada - as a reward for acts of terrorism (Photo: Mihkelson in Israel, October 17, 2023 / courtesy)

Muslim Brotherhood

Former cabinet minister slams UK ‘complacency’ over Muslim Brotherhood influence

Another former minister told the JC that some countries in Middle East are concerned that Westminster doesn’t take the issue seriously

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August 8, 2025 15:13

A former cabinet minister has expressed concern over the 'complacency' in the UK about the threat posed by the Muslim Brotherhood (Pictured: Supporters of the Brotherhood at a pro-Palestine rally in Jordan; Image: Getty)

Progressive Judaism

Progressive and Masorti rabbis to hold Havdalah vigil, calling for ceasefire

Organisers say they are standing in solidarity with the hostages and demanding more aid into Gaza

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August 8, 2025 14:37

Palestinian girls walk at a makeshift displacement camp set up amid building rubble in Gaza City in May (Photo: Getty)

China

IDF bans Chinese cars from bases over data leak fears

The move follows a deterioration in Sino-Israeli relations over the war in Gaza and allies’ concerns about espionage

1 min read

August 8, 2025 14:33

A car parked outside an IDF facility Credit: Nasser Ishtayeh

Books

The Wanderings of Isaac André Gedalia review: ‘deeply affecting memoir of loss and grief’

Sylvie Weil’s unusual work is an interminable search of a resolution to life’s meaning, recalling the prototype of the wandering Jew of medieval lore

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August 8, 2025 14:14

The Wanderings of Isaac André Gedalia review: ‘deeply affecting memoir of loss and grief’

The New Yorker sees Israeli indifference to Gaza – and misses the story

What David Remnick calls a “zone of denial” says far more about his and other Western newsrooms than it does about the Jewish state. It’s a denial of history, of trauma, of the deeply rational fear driving Israeli behaviour

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August 8, 2025 13:32

David Remnick speaks onstage during The New Yorker Festival, October 07, 2023 in New York City. (Image: Getty)

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